Year: 2003

Sofia, 26 December, 2003— As part of its efforts to safeguard potentially weapons-useable atomic material, the United Nations nuclear watchdog has assisted Bulgaria with the removal of highly-enriched uranium stored at a shut-down research reactor […]

New York, 26 December, 2003— With Iran’s Government reporting heavy casualties from an earthquake which rocked the southeastern part of the country, the United Nations today dispatched funds and experts to bolster relief efforts. In […]

Abidjan, 24 December, 2003— The United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) has agreed to manage a fund of donor money contributed to support the transitional government of Guinea-Bissau as it leads the country back to democracy. […]

Monrovia, 24 December, 2003— The UN peacekeeping force in Liberia will deploy troops to the rebel strongholds of Buchanan, Tubmanburg and Gbarnga in the next few days and should have most of the country covered […]

Harare, 24 December, 2003— When Zimbabwe’s new school year begins next month, some parents are going to be forced to choose which of their children to educate as a result of a hike in school […]

Addid Ababa, 24 December, 2003— A rabies outbreak threatening to wipe out the rare Ethiopian wolf is being controlled by an unprecedented vaccination campaign, wildlife experts said on Wednesday. Dr Stuart Williams, a conservationist fighting […]

Dushanbe, 23 December, 2003— Food security for the poorest stratum of Tajikistan’s 6.5 million population – about 300,000 of them – remains fragile, despite a good harvest this year. The country was the poorest of […]

Nairobi, 24 December, 2003— The UN Children’s Fund, UNICEF, said on Wednesday it would provide emergency aid to hundreds of people affected by severe flooding in Bas Congo Province, western Democratic Republic of the Congo […]